Deepfake Kamala Harris slurs her lines

An AI-generated video apparently showing US Vice President Kamala Harris speaking incoherently and claiming she said things she never actually said prompt ed concerns about electoral disinformation and interference . The 22-second clip purported to show Harris saying, “Today is today. And yesterday was today yesterday. Tomorrow will be today tomorrow. So live today so that future today will past today, as it is tomorrow.” In reality, the video was created by combining audio from a parody circulating on TikTok with footage of a speech Harri s gave on reproductive rights a t Howard University in April 2023 . The original footage and official White House transcript do not contain such remarks . A watermark added to the text on the podium indicated the video was created by a pro-Donald Trump meme account whose tweet drew over 1.2 million views, according to AFP . The video circulated widely on social media platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, leading California Governor Gavin Newsom and others to call for stricter regulations against synthetic misinformation and disinformation in a political context. Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Unknown Operator: Developer: Country: USA Sector: Politics Purpose: Damage reputation Technology: Deepfake - video; Machine learning Issue: Ethics/values; Mis /disinformation; Transparency Fact checks 🚩 AFP . Kamala Harris video altered to add incoherent ramble Newsweek . Kamala Harris Deep Fake Spreads After Biden Drops Out

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2024-04-01

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